Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia will visit the disputed North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on October 13 and 14, according to sources in the Spanish royal household. It will be Felipe’s first visit to the two cities during his 12-year reign and comes more than two months after a major migrant surge […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina is set to hold general elections on October 4, with voters choosing representatives for the country’s tripartite presidency, national parliament and regional bodies. The election comes amid economic difficulties, slow progress toward European Union membership and a political crisis that continues to expose divisions within the country. Bosnia remains
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned French national Martin Ryan on Wednesday, shortly after the European Union lifted sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov. Ryan had been serving a 10-year prison sentence in Azerbaijan after being convicted of espionage in March. It was not immediately clear whether he had been released. European diplomats told Reuters
Denmark and Greenland said a new security agreement with the United States will not compromise Greenland’s sovereignty or its right to self-determination. The agreement, reached by the US, Denmark and Greenland, would allow a larger US military presence on the Arctic island while restricting rival countries from establishing military bases or making sensitive investments
Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged citizens to participate in the country’s upcoming parliamentary election, presenting voter participation as a measure of national support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. The three-day election begins on Friday and will determine the 450 seats in the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament. The election is the first […]
BRICS nations have unanimously adopted a joint declaration expressing deep concern over the escalating conflict in the Middle East and calling for “maximum restraint.” The statement was issued on the first day of the BRICS leaders’ summit in New Delhi, amid renewed exchanges of strikes between the United States and Iran. The declaration urged countries […]
Argentine President Javier Milei has stepped up Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands, announcing plans for tougher penalties against companies involved in oil development around the British-controlled territory. Argentina, which calls the islands Las Malvinas, continues to pursue its claim through diplomatic and international channels. The dispute dates
Norway has seized the Russian vessel Professor Molchanov in the Arctic to enforce a $4.22 billion compensation claim awarded to Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz over assets Russia seized following its 2014 annexation of Crimea. The ship was detained off Svalbard and will remain in the Norwegian Arctic archipelago. The Svalbard governor’s office confirmed that the […]
Russia has summoned Japan’s ambassador to Moscow and issued a strong protest over comments by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to the disputed Kuril Islands. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told Ambassador Akira Muto that Moscow objected to what it described as “anti-Russian” remarks by Takaichi and
A fire at Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery in the southern Krasnodar region was extinguished on Saturday after debris from a Ukrainian drone caused a blaze at the facility, local authorities said. Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces had targeted both the Ilsky and Syzran oil refineries overnight, reporting fires at both sites. Russia’s Defence Ministry […]









